The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-10
THE REPUBLIC OF GOD.

At three o'clock Rev. Sam Small
preached from the second chapter OF
Ephesians, 10th verse: "But now in Christ
Jesus ye who were some tins afar off are
made nigh in the blood Of Christ" e s.,t.
2 This il very precious declaration. I
particularly like the term fellow citizen. !"
I am glad Paul: used the words toward
those who belong to tho Republic OF God.
| like the term Of republic. How to be.
come citizen Of this republic Ia a great
question for man to determine. At
aoms time in every mans life he is called
to halt and he sees how essential it ia for
him to become a citiaen. There swells
up from his heart, "What must 1 do to be
saved 2" It Is a psrsonal question, 4 Il
swells and grows and msgnifea until it
shuts out everything else and makes me
face God. I don't care what temptations,
what riches, what houor. II care for
nothing but my own immortal soul, and
looking up to God I cry, ".What must I
do to be saved 2" When we hear tho
penitent crying out for pardon and help
we can only stand and say, thou must be-
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ. All. hut
he says, 1 do believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ. His faith only carries him from
the Babe in Bethlehem to the tomb of
Joseph OF Arimathea. T
you have only traditional belief Of
Him; you must take this record that God
gives OF tho Lord Jesus Christ, and
you must believe in a personal Savior.
He asks, Do you bslieve every word Of
that Bible just as it is written Y es. I be-.
lieve every word In it from the first word
Of Genesis to the last word OF Revelations.
Since saw Jesus, since I enlisted in His
army, this has been the most precious
book in the world to me. It is the mine
OF inexhsustibie wealth it is the ever
failing fountain from which ! drink. I
thank God there are mysteries in the
Bible. II any man could understand
everything In it might think that a man
had written it. God dictated 1t through
the Holy Spirit. If a man wants 10 fool
with Mysteries he can find enough in it to
keep him going for a million years. Some
men think they have made wonderful dis.
coveries, digging In the earth, when God
has jnst simply opened up few! doors
and let them get o glimpse OF what He
knew centuries ago. 1t took man thirty
centuries to answer the conuudrum OF the
mystery OF lightning. Some OF these
conundrums He has allowed them to an.
aver, and some Of them they are wrestling
with yet. ;f5 81, 4 f5, 80
u God never wrapped any part Of His
system Of salvation up, that is as plain
and clear as light, If you attend to thu
plain things Of God before you try to deal
with things you cannot fathom. & The
great and central fact In the plan Of re-
demption ia the shed blood. The blood
Is what saves you, and by that alone, Hs
says I don't understand one word Of that,
Well, what Is you want to understand ? I
want to know what the blood Of Christ
shed On that little hill OF Calvary eigh.
teen hundred years ago has to do with me
here at Moundsville Campmeeting on Au.
gust 8, 1887. slfi..
This thirteen colonies were subject
10 Great Britain they were 2, subject
TO oppression and taxation, and bore 1t all
patiently, but all the time the thought was
going in, their minds, II am as good as
any other man." until the cry Of ''liberty
or DEATH" and the colonists summoned
all their resources. The war ragged on tot
seven long years until at Yorktown Wash.
ington turned to the tattered men and
said, '.you are now free to enjoy all priv.
leges," and turning TO the Britith he said,
I'VE come TO take our place among the ma
J tons OF the world" and We now enjoy a